TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zimdars,Melissa
AU  - McLeod,Kembrew
TI  - Fake news: understanding media and misinformation in the digital age 
T2  - Information policy
SN  - 9780262538367
AV  - PN4888.F35 F35 2020
U1  - 070.4/3 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Fake news
KW  - United States
KW  - Mass media and public opinion
KW  - Disinformation
KW  - Social media
KW  - Media literacy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Politics -- Journalism -- Law & Policy -- Social Media -- Reception -- History -- Media Hoaxes & Satire -- Solutions
N2  - "Is fake news merely news with which one disagrees? Donald Trump's use of the term notwithstanding, the editors of this collection argue that fake news is a real problem and is on the rise thanks to converging political, economic, social, and technological factors. These include practices in journalism, technological disruptions of news creation and consumption, and the impact of regulatory debates and policy decisions.  This collection provides a truly interdisciplinary exploration of fake news in all of its iterations and complexities within the U.S. Too often discussions of fake news take place in isolated spheres at conferences devoted specifically to media literacy, computer science, or journalism. Considerations of the ways in which these areas interact, overlap, and contradict each other we will be useful for thinking through the past influences, present challenges, and future solutions to different kinds of mis/disinformation"--
ER  -